Zits and Mosquito Bites

One of the joys of this pregnancy has been the flare up factor that my face, back and shoulders have had to endure. I never broke out like this with the B and I wonder if for me it's a girl carrying thing? Really as long as we get a baby out of this I would endure just about anything, so although not the most fun or most attractive parts of pregnancy; it's been sucked up and dealt with.

The B asked in the past why I had 'owies' that would come and go. I told him sometimes when you have a baby in your tummy these chemicals called hormones are in your body and they make zits pop up. He understood and carried on with his day. Some may think this response is too technical for a kid his age, but he handles this stuff pretty well.

Well this July brought the Monsoons into town, and with it mosquitoes. Generally we don't get too buggy around here since it's pretty dry. But the past few weeks we've had a decent amount of rain, so we have a bunch of mosquitoes. We didn't realize how many mosquitoes were hanging out in our yard til last Sunday.

The B and I were out in the yard around sunset and he wanted his little pool filled. I occasionally add some baby bath to the pool outside to spice things up. He likes it, the water is warm from the hose and he smells really good after; a perfect combination. So I pulled up a chair and we talked as he bathed. I noticed I was getting bit up something fierce, and swatted a few away from him and realized it was time to go in. I rinsed the B and went inside for bed.

The next morning as he was washing his hands he looked in the mirror and yelled for me, kind of panicky like. I came into the bathroom and this was what was said:

B: Mom, look at all these zits on my face and neck, and my arms, look at my legs!

Me: Babe- those aren't zits they're mosquito bites from being in the yard last night.

B: Whoa- for a minute there I thought I might have a baby in my tummy!

His mind is like a steel trap.